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Boxing's weight classes
Think about this for a moment...
From the lower limit at bantamweight (116 lb) to the upper limit at featherweight (126 lb), a distance of merely 10 lb, boxing has THREE weight classes! UFC's flyweight division (116-125 lb) got 3 entire boxing weight classes covered!
WTF is up with boxing having so extremely many weight classes? It makes no sense. "Noo, this guy is too small to fight the gigantic killers who are 2-3 lbs heavier than him!". Seriously, it's pathetic...
There should never be two weight classes separated from each other by any lower than 10 lb. The sad truth is, that if a 112 lb fighter loses to a 115 lb fighter, it's simply because the 115 lb fighter was better. 3 lb makes no relevant difference, even at low weights.
Why not have middleweight at 160 lbs (as it is), make supermiddleweight 170 lbs (2 lb more than now), make light heavyweight 180 lbs (5 lb more than now), etc. Cruiserweight at 200 lb is fine, these are grownup men, no need for a 190 lb division. A 220 lbs limit would also be good, I'm tired of seeing giants against small fat Europeans... Imagine a 221+ heavyweight. Most of the smaller heavyweights would drop down in weight, leaving the big guys to be fighting the ones they should fight (each other).
Boxing's weight division system is ******ed.
EDITED AFTER A LOT OF THINKING:
If I were to decide the boxing weight classes, they would be named and weighed as follows:
Heavyweight: No limit
Cruiserweight: 220
Middleweight: 200
Welterweight: 180
Lightweight: 170
Featherweight: 160
Bantamweight: 150
Flyweight: 140
Paperweight: 130
Pinweight: 120
Atomweight: 110
Minimumweight: 100
12 weight classes, named without the ****** "super/junior" additions. I can't imagine a better system than this, TBH.
From the lower limit at bantamweight (116 lb) to the upper limit at featherweight (126 lb), a distance of merely 10 lb, boxing has THREE weight classes! UFC's flyweight division (116-125 lb) got 3 entire boxing weight classes covered!
WTF is up with boxing having so extremely many weight classes? It makes no sense. "Noo, this guy is too small to fight the gigantic killers who are 2-3 lbs heavier than him!". Seriously, it's pathetic...
There should never be two weight classes separated from each other by any lower than 10 lb. The sad truth is, that if a 112 lb fighter loses to a 115 lb fighter, it's simply because the 115 lb fighter was better. 3 lb makes no relevant difference, even at low weights.
Why not have middleweight at 160 lbs (as it is), make supermiddleweight 170 lbs (2 lb more than now), make light heavyweight 180 lbs (5 lb more than now), etc. Cruiserweight at 200 lb is fine, these are grownup men, no need for a 190 lb division. A 220 lbs limit would also be good, I'm tired of seeing giants against small fat Europeans... Imagine a 221+ heavyweight. Most of the smaller heavyweights would drop down in weight, leaving the big guys to be fighting the ones they should fight (each other).
Boxing's weight division system is ******ed.
EDITED AFTER A LOT OF THINKING:
If I were to decide the boxing weight classes, they would be named and weighed as follows:
Heavyweight: No limit
Cruiserweight: 220
Middleweight: 200
Welterweight: 180
Lightweight: 170
Featherweight: 160
Bantamweight: 150
Flyweight: 140
Paperweight: 130
Pinweight: 120
Atomweight: 110
Minimumweight: 100
12 weight classes, named without the ****** "super/junior" additions. I can't imagine a better system than this, TBH.
Great point about all the belts.
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